Schneider



G. c. SCHNEIDER.

Bee Hive.

lPatented Oct. 6, 1868.

y /fVYE/vrag ffy? JM GEORGE C. SCHNEIDER, OF ADRIAN, l\/IICl":[IGAl\T..

Letters Patent No. 82,880. dated October. 6, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN.BEE HIVES. y

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TO ALLiWHOM IT MAY CONGERN: A

Be it knownl that I, GEORGE C. SGHNEiDER, of` Adrian, in-the county'o'f Lenawee, andState of Michigan,

`have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bee-Hives; Aand I do hereby declare the vfollowing to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had-tothe accompanying drawing, making a parti of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. A i v The nature of my invention consists in thelnovell ,construction of a bee-hive, comp-need ofseveral similar horizontal sections, placed oneV above the other,f`so that as'soon as the upper section is filled withhoney, it may, if desired, be removed from the top, emptied of' its conten ts,'an d then (the remaining sections being together lifted from the bottom board) may be placed vunder the other sections,thus restoring the hive-toits original height; .and when the now upper section is also filled with honey, it may, in like manner, be -removed,'emptied, and lplaced. under the section' previously removed, and so on, indefinitely removing-each time the upper section, and placing it at thebottom; er, if desirable, V'newsections may be added, either at the top or bottom, at any, time, and thus the hive may be made. larger or' smaller, to accommodate any size of swarm. These several sections constitute the body of the hive.v v v In the iravvings--v 5 Figure A1 'represents a perspective View of such a bee-hive, composed of several (three) sections, with baseboard and cap, all placed in proper positions for use. I Figure 2 represents a. view of the rear of the'hive. v Figure 3 represents a plain section passing through the line :z: yin iig. '1.

Figurell represents a transverse section passing through the line ze y in iig. 1. A represents a hollow cap. i B representsa feed-box. D, D', and D represent similar sections. E represents the base-board of the hive. The bottom of the feed-box B forms the topior cover of the hive, and between it and the cap A is4 formed an opening, S, which serves both as an air-chamber and as a place to feed the bees when it shall become necessary, or to ldeposit'any suitable substances Tor absorbing moisture.

h is al small movable lid, for covering the passage g, between the interior of the hive and the opening S, and by means of which the passageg may be closed up altogether, so as to promote breeding, or it may be so turned as to allow of ventilation, or it maybe moved aside, so as to allow the bees'vto pass up into the4 opening S. A

c and d are fine screens, to admit the air and prevent the ingress of insects. y By removing the Window-blinds L, L', and L, a full view may at any time be had of the working of the bees and of the fulness of the hive. And it is designed to raise the hive and place additional sections unde'r it, as often as additional spacevsliall. be required, or one or more of the upper sections of the hive may be removed as soon as it isproper to abstract thehoney. l

Each section has several slats, ,j, k, lite., across it, at the top, to help support the comb, and at the bottom of' each section the y-holes a, a', and a are made", to admit the` bees to the interior of the hive.

From the manner of c onstr'uctipg my improved bee-hive, it will be readily seen, that with one hollow ca'p, A, one feed-box, B, -one base-board, E, andarepetition of` the section D, a bee-hive may be quickly setupfof anyisize, varyingaccording to the size of the swarm of bees that are to occupy it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to se'cure by Letters Patent, is-

Ahbee-hive, constructed of three or more similar interchangeable sections, D, D', and D, liuc., in combination witlLthe hollow cap'A, feed-box'B, opening S, and small movable' lid h, the whole 'constructed and-operating in the manner and for the purposes set forth and described. Y

G. C. SCHNEIDER'.

Witnesses:

W. M. GADLEY, F. GAYLORD. 

